Just Say I Love Her
| "Just Say I Love Her" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Johnny Desmond | |
| B-side | "If Anybody Does" |
| Released | 1950 |
| Genre | Traditional pop |
| Length | 3:08 |
| Label | MGM |
| Songwriter(s) | Rodolfo Falvo, Jack Val, Jimmy Dale, Enzo Fusco, Martin Kalmanoff, Sam Ward |
"Just Say I Love Her" ("Just Say I Love Him" when recorded by a female singer) is a popular song, adapted from the Neapolitan song "Dicitencello vuje".[1][circular reference] The original music was written by Neapolitan composer Rodolfo Falvo in 1930;[2] and was arranged in United States by Jack Val and Jimmy Dale; the original Neapolitan lyrics by Enzo Fusco, and English lyrics by Martin Kalmanoff and Sam Ward.[3]
A recording by Johnny Desmond was made on January 20, 1950, and released by MGM (catalog number 10758). It reached #24 on the Billboard chart. Vic Damone's 1950 recording of the song reached #13 on the Billboard chart.[4]
Recorded versions
- Johnny Desmond (1950)
- Frankie Avalon
- Tony Bennett (1950)
- Vic Damone (1950)
- Eddie Fisher
- Connie Francis - for her album More Italian Favorites (1960).[5]
- Timi Yuro - Hurt!!!!!!! (1961).[6]
- Sumo
- Robert Goulet - My Love Forgive Me (1964).[7]
- Dean Martin - for his album Dino: Italian Love Songs (1962)
- Al Martino - The Exciting Voice of Al Martino (1962).[8]
- Cliff Richard - When in Rome (1965)
- Artie Shaw
- Nina Simone on the 1961 album Forbidden Fruit and the 1993 album A Single Woman
- Jerry Vale - I Have But One Heart (1962).[9]
- Lou Monte (1958)
- Steve Lawrence - Sings of Love and Sad Young Men (1967).[10]
- Engelbert Humperdinck - We Made It Happen (1970).[11]
- Jimmy Roselli
- Tito Schipa[12]
- Giuseppe di Stefano[13]
- Luciano Pavarotti[14]
- Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Passione di Napoli (2001)[15]
- Nicolae Herlea – Recital De Canțonete.[16]
- Xiu Xiu - Nina (2013).
- Christian Ketter – Beloved: Live in Recital (2014).[17]
- Franco Corelli[18]
- Sergio Franchi covered this Neapolitan favorite on his 1963 Billboard Top 200 (at 66th place) album Our Man from Italy; also on his 1965 album Live From The Cocoanut Grove; and on his 1976 album 20 Magnificent Songs. He recorded it in Italian, and in Italian/English combination.
References
- ^ it:Dicitencello vuje
- ^ Wikipedia[circular reference]
- ^ "ASCAP". ascap.com. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 535. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ^ "Dicitencello Vuje". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ^ "Dicitencello vuje". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ^ "Falvo: Dicitencello Vuie". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Nicolae Herlea - Recital De Canțonete". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ^ Beloved: Christian Ketter, Cara Schlecker & Myron Silberstein Live in Recital by Christian Ketter, Cara Schlecker & Myron Silberstein, 29 September 2014, retrieved 2018-12-08
- ^ "Dicitencello vuie". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
